All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2022 // The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs.The Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed...
Aug 15 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a legal action in early August against Mercury Insurance for reportedly violating consumer protection laws, including selling Mercury’s highest-priced policy...
Aug 10 2022 // California’s largest wildfire so far this year has so far burned more than 60,000 acres, but it is now 60% contained.The McKinney Fire broke out on July 29 in an unpopulated area in Klamath National Forest. The fire...
Aug 9 2022 // PROCTOR, Vt. (AP) — Weeks after surviving one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, the Holden family just wanted a new home.The family of seven couldn’t find anything nearby to...
Aug 8 2022 // People who lost their homes and property in last summer’s Tamarack Fire in northern Nevada and California have filed a claim against the U.S. Forest Service seeking more than $85 million.The filing by attorney Bill...
Aug 5 2022 // A bus traveling from Los Angeles to Fresno crashed after it went off a highway, broke through a chain link fence and came to a rest on its side in a parking lot, injuring 24 people, authorities said.The driver of the...
Aug 5 2022 // Richard James McGee, 47, of San Bernardino, California, was arraigned today on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found he allegedly...
Aug 4 2022 // California’s largest wildfire so far this year has so far charred nearly 90 square miles, getting only a little help from rainfall in the area this week.The wildfire, which is now listed as 10% contained, broke out...
Aug 4 2022 // EIS, a system and digital insurance platform provider, has acquired San Francisco, California-based Metromile’s Enterprise Business Solutions, a SaaS-based claims automation and fraud detection system from...
Aug 4 2022 // Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers, Attorney General Rob...
Aug 3 2022 // The McKinney Fire in Northern California was still out of control on Wednesday despite cloudy, cooler conditions on Tuesday night.The fire has burned nearly 90 square miles since it started on Friday in an unpopulated area...
Aug 3 2022 // Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is temporarily blocked under a settlement announced this week between the state and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.The deal, which still needs...
Aug 2 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week ordered insurers to preserve residential insurance coverage for the county of Mariposa following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency declaration.Lara’s order...
Aug 2 2022 // Authorities said two bodies were found inside a burned vehicle in the path of a raging Northern California wildfire that is one of several major blazes burning across the U.S. West amid hot, dry, gusty conditions.The...
Aug 1 2022 // GEICO is closing all of its offices in California, according to reports.The company shut down all of its 38 offices in the state and hundreds of GEICO workers are being laid off, the news website SFGate is reporting....
Aug 1 2022 // A wildfire in Northern California was burning out of control on Monday amid exacerbating conditions that pose the dangers of thunderstorms, and hot, windy conditions.The McKinney Fire grew rapidly to more than 80 square...
Aug 1 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a legal action on Monday against Mercury Insurance for reportedly violating consumer protection laws, including selling Mercury’s highest-priced policy to...
Aug 1 2022 // The Surplus Line Association of California board voted to drop the association’s stamping fee to 0.18%.Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the stamping fee will adjust downward from its current 0.25% level that took effect on...
Aug 1 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted and issued a rate for workers’ compensation insurance pure premium that he said reflects California’s still-recovering economy. Lara’s action...
Jul 29 2022 // The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs.The Orange County Board of Supervisors on...